Ballet star admits attacking Bolshoi chief with acid

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In this frame grab taken from video on Moscow Interior MInistry branch web site on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, Yuri Zarutsky is seen in Moscow. The alleged perpetrator of an acid attack on Sergei Filin, the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet, 35-year-old Zarutsky was arrested on Tuesday in the Tver region north of Moscow, police said. Police have also detained and questioned Andrei Lipatov, who is believed to have driven Zarutsky to the scene of the crime. (AP Photo/ Interior Ministry branch website)